About 100 hippopotamuses are stranded in the Sampisi river channel which flows from the Linyanti River in the Zambezi Region.
These hippos are practically living on land as the water source which they rely on is drying up due to severe drought and poor rainfall experienced in the region for the past four years.
Hippos are amphibious animals and spend up to 16 hours per day in water.
Zambezi Regional Governor Lawrence Sampofu is thus calling for immediate action to rescue the hippos.
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